Are parental dietary patterns associated with children's overweight and obesity in China?,BMC Pediatrics

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Are parental dietary patterns associated with children's overweight and obesity in China?
BMC Pediatrics ( IF 2.0 ) Pub Date : 2020-01-11 , DOI: 10.1186/s12887-020-1910-z
Daisheng Tang ₁ , Tao Bu ₁ , Xuefan Dong ₁

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BACKGROUND It is believed that parents have a great influence on their children's dietary behaviours. However, it is not clear whether parental food patterns are associated with children's nutritional status in China, which includes a vast territory with rich, diverse cultures. The goal of this project is to systematically study the associations between parental food intake and children's overweight and obesity in China, according to children's ages and regional differences. METHODS Based on individual food consumption data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) package in 2011, cross-sectional studies have previously been conducted to analyse the association between different categories of food intake of parents and children. The current study extends this research by directly. RESULTS Our analysis results show that parental food intake is highly correlated with children's food intake, with the estimated coefficients of most food intake categories being greater than 0.5. Furthermore, this association between parental food intake and children's overweight and obesity is most significant in young children, but it begins to weaken in relation to children aged between 13 and 18. Additionally, the associations between parental food intake and children's overnutrition are more significant in rural areas than they are in urban areas. CONCLUSIONS The association between parental food intake and childhood overweight and obesity is significant, although it varies considerably according to food categories, children's ages and area differences. These results show promise for intervening in the overnutrition of children by controlling household dietary patterns according to children's developmental stages and regional differences.

更新日期：2020-01-13

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